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Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002

LOT 362

Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève, No. 771242, case No. 2848504, Ref. 3940. Pro-duction of this reference started in 1985.Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gen-tleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a fitted mahogany box and certificate.

C. two-body, solid, polished, concave and stepped bezel, concave lugs, sapphire crystal. D. matte silver with applied yellow gold indexes, auxiliary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, the 24 hours and the leap year, aperture for the moon phases. "Dauphine" yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 240 Q stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 27 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5ositions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance-spring, mobile stud bearer, 22K gold micro-rotor mounted on ball bearings.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.